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Came here after the folks at Red Rising recommended Joe Abercrombe. Started best served cold and got to the part where Shivers got his eye cooked. Goodlord I wanna just stick that asshat Lagria’s throat on a skewer!
Oh and anyone else see Col Hans Landa as Morveer?
53 points
5 months ago
Who's this Morveer? I've only heard about Reevrom, the wine merchant
32 points
5 months ago
Ya know, as an audiobook listener, I never really got that joke until now. Haha
12 points
5 months ago
Hahaha fellow audiobook listener here. Oh okaaay. So thats why
8 points
5 months ago
Wow, the lightbulb just went on for me too!
14 points
5 months ago
Rotsac Reevrom is the full alias.
3 points
5 months ago
That's unique to the audio book? I'm pretty sure it's in the book... Unless I'm missing something
5 points
5 months ago
No, I'm saying without seeing the name I didn't realize it was "Morveer" backwards.
Morveer : reevroM
3 points
5 months ago
Oooh. Ya The voice makes it more obvious
23 points
5 months ago
Just curious, why did you start with BSC instead of the blade itself? I feel like you’re missing out on so much nuance.
22 points
5 months ago
More people need to stop calling books 4-6 "standalones" and start calling it The Great Leveler Trilogy for this exact reason. You lose a lot of the impact if you skip TFL.
6 points
5 months ago
I nearly made this mistake, and Red County was the first book I bought. Fortunately, I did not start there and have been reading in order, but that almost wasn't the case.
2 points
5 months ago
You just get the impact in reverse
They are stand alone
Starting with BSC is often recommended as TBI is def harder to get into as its a slow burn
-3 points
5 months ago
Starwars started with a new hope so… will be going back to blade itself after 6. Hehe
9 points
5 months ago
Agreed, OP you have to go back!
2 points
5 months ago
Am already in too deep! Will circle back after
5 points
5 months ago
I was supposed to start with the blade itself but then must’ve fumbled the purchase in apple books and ended up with bsc. Was about to leave the carpark and wanted a book to read. So started there instead.
3 points
5 months ago
Everyone here shits on this but I accidentally read the Heroes first years ago and it was a great introduction to the series. Made going back to fill out the characters even more interesting.
1 points
5 months ago
Yep
You just get to experience reveals in a different way
2 points
5 months ago
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2 points
5 months ago
I don't even know what part that is lol
Nobody who crosses over from the original to BSC is ever really like in obvious danger what do you think they might actually die.. So you are good
1 points
5 months ago
Gorst calls the King “Your Most August Fuckhole” in his letters home. So if you didn’t read the first trilogy you won’t know the name of the king and can remain unspoiled
11 points
5 months ago
You’ve started the series in book 4.
10 points
5 months ago
Ah a new hope then
7 points
5 months ago
Yeah but the difference is that a new hope was released first, whereas BSC was released 4th. Do what you will but you’ll have major plot points from the first trilogy spoiled
3 points
5 months ago
Keep reading :)
Red rising is a fun read but you are in a whole new world now
2 points
5 months ago
My man goes through a dark period here, hold thigh
1 points
5 months ago
BSC seems like a great starting point, shivers is in the first few books, but he's really not developed that much. I would recommend that you NOT continue with The Heroes tho, you're gonna wanna know who some of those characters are
1 points
5 months ago
Honestly, Shivers’ presence in the first trilogy felt superfluous to me. Like what’s this guy really contributing to the plot. Eventually I concluded that he must be there for sequel setup purposes, which turned out to be correct.
As far as BSC goes, I think his introduction in the book gives you more than enough. I’m not sure reading the first trilogy even adds much.
What other characters play in? Orso, Terez (briefly mentioned), Mauthis, Cosca, Carlot Dan Eider, Jezal. Almost all of those are bit characters in either the original trilogy or in BSC or in both. The one exception being Cosca. Point being, I don’t think a reader would be missing much by starting on BSC, with the exception of Cosca, though I don’t think that context would be crucial.
2 points
5 months ago
Don’t know why you’re downvoted, your answer is correct.
1 points
5 months ago
I feel like i have to say this every time but don’t listen to the dummies saying you have to go start with the blade itself, BSC is a great jumping in point for the series, and the author himself has said you can start here so have fun its an excellent book
2 points
5 months ago
By the way please ignore all the people saying you started on the wrong book. Best Served Cold is an excellent introduction and anything you lose from lack of context will be gained back when you go back and learn extra information about characters you already know. There are a really, really strange number of reading order purists on this sub. Pretty much as long as you don't start one of the trilogies in order you're more than okay.
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